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DutchLiberal

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9. Because there are still loads of people who believe there's a difference between the two parties...

Reply to cyglet (Reply #7)

Sat Dec 24, 2011, 07:25 PM

Dec 2011

and they believe in the 'lesser of two evils', and surely that nice Obama will never even *use* the power to put people in indefinite detention, right? (Yeah, and FDR never rounded up hundreds of thousands of Japanese Americans and put them in concentration camps...)

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Toon: So... You've Been Indefinitely Detained! Helpful Information From Your U.S. Gov. [View all] n2doc Dec 2011 OP

Wow. So true it hurts! loudsue Dec 2011 #1

I'm laughing, but I shouldn't be. nt Countdown_3_2_1 Dec 2011 #2

That's OK. Obama vetoed it....oh, wait. Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2011 #3

Had this been done under Bush, DU would've been outraged. Nowadays, not so much... DutchLiberal Dec 2011 #4

+10 Too bad we can not REC'd individual posts. RC Dec 2011 #5

+10 And things can only get worse. wandy Dec 2011 #8

there was a time Old Codger Dec 2011 #6

K&R cyglet Dec 2011 #7

Because there are still loads of people who believe there's a difference between the two parties... DutchLiberal Dec 2011 #9

Both parties listen to and base their platforms on cyglet Dec 2011 #10

LOL! Cali_Democrat Dec 2011 #11

Kicked to remind DU what their 'D'-president is doing... DutchLiberal Dec 2011 #12

K&R varelse Dec 2011 #13